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Future Unicorn Award 2022

The Future Unicorn Award aims at celebrating scale-ups from across Europe that have the potential to become the future European tech giants. It puts under the spotlight SMEs which have demonstrated to be successful in digitising their business processes and in offering innovative digital products and services.

The award is compiled by asking all the national trade associations affiliated with DIGITALEUROPE to select a single scale-up from their country. This results in a truly pan-European selection of incredible digital companies from all sectors, including financial technologies, health solutions, smart home, academic, industrial and many more.

The 17 nominees – which include innovative young companies working in digital health, smart mobility, e-learning, aerospace and more – hail from all four corners of our continent and show the diversity of European innovation.

The 2022 winner was Circulor, announced at Masters of Digital, DIGITALEUROPE’s flagship annual conference, held in hybrid format this year on 3 February 2022, while the two runner-ups were Zenjob (Germany) and Fazla Gida (Turkey).

The 2022 nominees are

Belgian Mobile iD from Belgium

Digital Identity solution enabling identification, authentication, data transaction and electronic signature.
CameraMatics from Ireland

CameraMatics is for driver and vehicle safety what a Fitbit is for personal fitness.
cBrain from Denmark

Standardised software for governmental institutions to help them digitise by replacing traditional custom-built solutions.
Circulor from the United Kingdom (winner)

Enabling industries to track materials used in manufacturing and recycling chains for responsible sourcing and sustainability.
Citify from Lithuania

An online platform for tracking current and future real estate projects, providing important contacts and key project metrics.
Comodule from Estonia

IoT solutions connecting e-bikes and scooters to the internet for smarter and safer micro-mobility.
Contractbook from Denmark

Collaborative contract automation tool for businesses to manage contracts in a single streamlined repository.
Dawn Health from Denmark

Developing software as medical device (SaMD) and digital therapeutics (DTx) for enhanced healthcare services.
Fagura from Moldova

P2P lending marketplace, aiming to become a community-based digital bank for people to borrow, invest or transfer money instantly.
Fazla Gida from Turkey

Management system with A.I. and machine-learning technologies for donating, recycling, and reselling Food Surplus.
IWrobotX from Turkey

Autonomous technologies for the marine industry like sea cleaning vehicles and robots; like Tesla for the sea.
Mega Italia Media from Italy

eLearning platform for corporate training that allows creating and delivering online courses.
Procesio from Romania

Platform-as-a-Service to integrate applications, automate workflows, and process data 5x faster than classic coding.
SkyLabs from Slovenia

Aerospace technology-oriented company providing miniaturised satellite platforms to space engineering.
SYADEM from France

Tools for health institutions, professionals, and citizens to represent, share and interpret their vaccination history.
YourAnastomosis from Hungary

Complex digital twins of cardiovascular surgical procedures to train, monitor and improve surgical procedural outcomes.
Zenjob from Germany

A fast-moving digital disruptor that automatically connects businesses and workers on its proprietary digital platform, like Netflix but for jobs.